ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MN · GEOID 27566802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Anthony city (Hennepin and Ramsey Counties), Minnesota

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home27.7%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone59.4%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute21.7 min → 19.2 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 27.7%▲ 13.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit6.3% → 2.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.5% → 59.4%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone59.4% ±4.7 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.4 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.8% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle2.3% ±1.1 pp
Work from home27.7% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 4,724 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,671± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+4,724± 302 MOE
Workers with travel time3,416± 296 MOE
Estimated home workers1,308± 218 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.